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Gothic! : Ten Original Dark Tales
A lovesick count and the ghost of his brutalized servant... a serial killer who defies death... a house with a violent mind of its own and another that holds within its peeling walls a grotesque secret. Here are witches who feast on faces, changeling rites of passage, a venerable vampire contemplating his end, and a fanged brat who drains the patience of a bumbling teenage boy. Here too are a flamboyant young novelist in search of a subject more compelling than his own eerie existence, and the daughter of a sorcerer fighting to free her lover-and her will-from sinister bonds. Enter the world of Gothic!, a celebration of the literary form made famous by such writers as Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe.
241 p. 2004
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Anderson, M. T.
Thirsty
From the moment he knows that he is destined to be a vampire, Chris thirsts for the blood of people around him while also struggling to remain human.
249 p. 1997
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Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia
Midnight Predator
Turqoise Draka, a vampire hunter, is hired to kill the evil vampire Jeshikah. To enter his realm she must disguise herself as the human slave of Jaguar, a vampire and slave owner who is tormented by his own past. Will Jaguar release the humanity Turqoise long ago locked away?
248 p. 2002
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Barker, Clive
Abarat
Candy Quackenbush of Chickentown, Minnesota, one day finds herself on the edge of a foreign world that is populated by strange creatures, and her life is forever changed. Book 1 of a series.
388 p. 2002
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Black, Holly
Valiant : a Modern Tale of Faerie
When seventeen-year-old Valerie Russell runs away to NYC, she's trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city's labyrinthine subway system...There's the impulsive Lolli...the severe Luis who the others claim can make deals with creatures that no one else can see. And then there's Luis's brother, timid Dave...When a bewildered Val allows Lolli to talk her into tracking down the hidden lair of the creature for whom Luis and Dave have been dealing, Val finds herself bound into service by a troll named Ravus. He is as hideous as he is honorable. And as Val grows to know him, she finds herself torn between her affection for an honorable monster and her fear of what her new friends are becoming.
314 p. 2005
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 Andre Norton Award
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Bray, Libba
A Great and Terrible Beauty
After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England after many years in India to attend a haunted finishing school, where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world. Book 1 of a series.
403 p. 2003
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Teens' Top Ten Winners
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Cole, Stephen
Wounded
Sixteen-year-old Tom Anderson and seventeen-year-old Kate Folan try to escape Kate's werewolf family -- and fight becoming werewolves themselves -- by making a cross-country journey in search of a mysterious man who might have a cure. Book 1 of The Wereling series.
264 p. 2005
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Cusick, Richie Tankersley
It Begins
After a horrifying encounter in a graveyard, Lucy cannot get over feeling that she is being watched, but is unwilling to trust the one person who might be able to help her. Book 1 of The Unseen series.
296 p. 2005
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Enthoven, Sam
The Black Tattoo
When his best friend, Charlie, is possessed by an ancient demon, fourteen-year-old Jack, accompanied by a girl with superhuman powers, battles all over London and into Hell to save him.
503 p. 2006
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Ewing, Lynne
Goddess of the Night
Vanessa can turn invisible, Catty can time travel, and Serena can read minds. These high school sophomores use their powers to protect the world from the evil Atrox and its dissolute band of followers after they discover their destinies as reincarnated goddesses. Book 1 of the Daughters of the Moon series.
294 p. 2000
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Gaiman, Neil
Anansi Boys
Fat Charlie found out alot of unexpected things when his dad unexpectedly dropped dead on a karaoke stage. For instance, his father's gift for naming things came from being a god, and Charlie has a brother he never knew. Now there's a transfer of divine power and all sorts of dark, sinister, and strangely entertaining forces are lined up to mess up his life.
336 p. 2005
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Fantasy: Contemporary
Good Reads for High School
Alex Award - Fiction
Minnesota Authors
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Golden, Christopher
Horseman
When a string of grisly decapitation murders occurs in the famed village of Sleepy Hollow, newcomers Aimee and Shane Lancaster suspect a supernatural killer. Book 1 of The Hollow series.
246 p. 2005
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Hoffman, Nina Kiriki
A Stir of Bones
After discovering the secrets that lie in an abandoned house, fourteen-year-old Susan Backstrom, with the help of some new friends, has the ability to make a safe, new life for herself.
211 p. 2003
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Johnson, Kathleen Jeffrie
A Fast and Brutal Wing
A series of journal entries, emails, stories, and newspaper articles reveals the strange events that led to the disappearance of a reclusive author on Halloween night and the involvement of a teenager and his friends--a brother and sister some say can transform into animals and back again.
191 p. 2004
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Klause, Annette Curtis
Blood and Chocolate
Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must battle both her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where she belongs and with whom.
264 p. 1997
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Built to Last
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Lanagan, Margo
Black Juice
Provides glimpses of the dark side of civilization and the beauty of the human spirit through ten short stories that explore significant moments in people's lives, events leading to them, and their consequences. As part of a public execution, a young boy forlornly helps to sing his sister down. A servant learns about grace and loyalty from a mistress who would rather dance with Gypsies than sit on her throne. A terrifying encounter with a demonic angel gives a young man the strength he needs to break free of his oppressor. On a bleak and dreary afternoon a gleeful shooting spree leads to tragedy for a desperate clown unable to escape his fate.
201 p. 2005
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Printz Honor Books
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
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Larbalestier, Justine
Magic or Madness
From the Sydney, Australia home of a grandmother she believes is a witch, fifteen-year-old Reason Cansino is magically transported to New York City, where she discovers that friends and foes can be hard to distinguish.
271 p. 2005
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Good Reads for High School
Andre Norton Award
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Meyer, Stephenie
Twilight : a Novel
When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.
498 p. 2005
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Romance
Vampires
Good Reads for High School
Teens' Top Ten Winners
Vampire Love
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Moon, Russell
Witch Boy
Marcus Aurelius turned 17 and his life changed forever. He discovered he can move things with his mind, a power he can't control which resulted in the disappearance of his girlfriend. He moves to a new town but can't escape his gifts or the people who want to exploit them. The first book in a trilogy.
203 p. 2002
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Napoli, Donna Jo
Sirena
The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues a human man from the sea and they fall in love, but his mortality creates great conflict between love and honor when he is called to defend Greece in the Trojan War.
210 p. 1998
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